Re: [Json] Proposed minimal change for duplicate names in objects

[Nico Williams <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Paul Hoffman <[e-mail]> wrote:
> <chair hats on>
>
> Do either or both of these proposals work for people in the WG?

No way.  The threads on this were long, I know, but it should be clear
that streaming parsers cannot even detect that there are duplicates,
much less do something about them.

In short, for streaming parsers (and generators) there's nothing we can do.

What we can do is RECOMMEND that a) generators not produce duplicates
(and explain how streaming ones cannot prevent dups), and b) that
parsers use the last name (and explain how streaming ones will produce
all dups).  (We might as well point out that some parsers produce the
first name, but I don't mind saying those are on the wrong side of
this SHOULD.)

Nico
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